NEW SINGLE + VIDEO : "FEEL MACHINE/NEVER LET ME DOWN AGAIN" by WE ARE PARASOLS

Today we release a new split single for “Feel Machine” & our cover of “Never Let Me Down Again” by Depeche Mode. The digital single, now available from all online digital retailers also includes the b-side, “Data Merge (Some Kind of Ending)”. See the video for “Feel Machine” below and stream the entire single on Bandcamp.

“D has always wanted to make what she calls an “MTV style video” with lots of dancing and flash. So, unlike our previous videos, “Feel Machine” has no concept or story, it’s simply a performance piece filmed at a local DIY space in Portland called Azøth. The gloss of the lighting, costumes, and makeup combined with the energetic performance are designed to highlight the pop elements of the track which are sometimes overlooked amidst its industrial sound. We enlisted the help of regular collaborators: director of photography Jason Roark and stylist Sara Bergqvist, who both previously worked with us on the “ss.tab” and “scoptophilia” videos, as well Daniel Kopton, who does most of our album artwork, to create the opening title and the flaming logo animation at the end. As with the majority of our videos, Jeremy did the editing.”

““Feel Machine”, the new single is a genre turn for We Are Parasols, more industrial and post-punk, with almost none of the shoegaze wash. The beats are minimal but heavier than ever, the guitar is sharp and chaotic, the vocals are angry but melodic. “Feel Machine” is the sonic result of a band that began their career in what already feels like a different time, writing personal and essentially pretty songs, but has found itself in modern America; angry, frightened, confused, and begging, “Feel Machine, Try to be!.”

”Never Let Me Down Again” remains at least partially true to the classic Depeche Mode track while bringing something new. It balances swagger with ambience.  ”

Cover Art by Daniel Kopton.